Crystal Palace & Anerley

Welcome to Met Engage,

We're transforming the Met to become a service that truly delivers for you.

Through our new platform Met Engage you can get to know your local officers, help shape how we police your local area and have direct access to key information and advice.

This isn't just a platform for us to tell you what we're doing in your area, it's an opportunity for you to tell us what's concerning you most so we can take action on the things that truly matter to you.

Crystal Palace & Anerley Safer Neighbourhoods Team

Your Safer Neighbourhoods Team is a group of Met police officers dedicated to serving your community. The team is made up of officers based in your area or 'ward', supported by additional officers from the wider area.

We work closely with local authorities, community leaders and residents to decide our policing priorities for the area. This helps us to find useful, long-term solutions to local problems, while maintaining our wider focus on reducing crime across London.

To contact to your team about local policing issues, email us at CrystalPalace&Anerley@contact.metengage.co.uk or pick an officer to email below. (Please do not use this contact method to report crime, in an emergency always call 999 or you can report crime online at www.met.police.uk or dial 101).

Duane Bennett

PCSO

Lisa Browning

Sergeant

Dan Byrne

Police Constable

Chloe Gale

PCSO

Laura Hunt

Sergeant

Michelle Pryal

Inspector

Theo Williams

Police Constable

Sara Zadrozna

pcso

Local Priority Issues

We are committed to tackling the issues that matter most to local communities. Based on our conversations with residents, and the issues they have raised with us, our main priorities are:

Priority	Action taken
Robberies and Phone Snatches in Crystal Palace Issued 16 June 2026	We will be increasing high visibility patrols in the Crystal Palace/Anerley area in response to an increase in Robberies and phone snatches. Actioned 16 September 2026
Antisocial Behaviour - vehicle and drug related Issued 16 June 2026	We will be using a proactive approach to tackle both drug related and vehicle related ASB. This will involve enforcement and seizure of vehicles being used in an antisocial manner and targeting known drug users/hotspots for drug use. Actioned 16 September 2026
VAWG - Violence Against Women and Girls Issued 16 June 2026	We will be increasing high visibility patrols, particularly around our open green spaces such as Crystal Palace Park and Betts Park. We will hold regular VAWG events for residents to highlight any concerns they may have. We will be responsive to any intelligence around perpetrators of VAWG on our ward. Actioned 16 September 2026

Priority

Action taken

Robberies and Phone Snatches in Crystal Palace

Issued 16 June 2026

We will be increasing high visibility patrols in the Crystal Palace/Anerley area in response to an increase in Robberies and phone snatches.

Actioned 16 September 2026

Antisocial Behaviour - vehicle and drug related

Issued 16 June 2026

We will be using a proactive approach to tackle both drug related and vehicle related ASB. This will involve enforcement and seizure of vehicles being used in an antisocial manner and targeting known drug users/hotspots for drug use.

Actioned 16 September 2026

VAWG - Violence Against Women and Girls

Issued 16 June 2026

We will be increasing high visibility patrols, particularly around our open green spaces such as Crystal Palace Park and Betts Park. We will hold regular VAWG events for residents to highlight any concerns they may have. We will be responsive to any intelligence around perpetrators of VAWG on our ward.

Actioned 16 September 2026

The word cloud below represents the issues raised by residents through their Local Matters survey. We take this into consideration along with discussions with stakeholders, ward panel meetings and conversations with the public when setting our key priorities

What members in Crystal Palace & Anerley are saying are the issues in the area:

Agree or not? Have your say now, click here to do the survey